I had mentioned this gun in another post and here it is. I had to do a total cosmetic and mechanical make-over.
It was purchased covered in rust and non functional. The only reason I bought it was I couldn't get over the factory muzzle brake.
These are a Squires Bingham pattern made in the Philippines and imported through San Francisco back in the early 60's and sold through Kmart.
This one is known as a Model 20D. I have since located a plain Model 20 and the differences are the stock, a front ramp sight very similar to a Remington and no muzzle brake.
This one has some 'local wood' for the stock, very unusual with a twisting grain and white and orange/brown streaks. I used walnut stain to tame it down. It was not properly cured (as if that is possible in the Philippines) and has two 'check' cracks in the butt.
Mechanically it was a nightmare up to and including someone inserted two small tacks in the magazine. I had to 'tune' the mouth of the mag, free up all the internals and do extractor work because it would try to feed a new shell and the old empty at the same time. Many stove pipes and double feeds and even a few 'short strokes'. Now it runs like a sewing machine.
It was purchased covered in rust and non functional. The only reason I bought it was I couldn't get over the factory muzzle brake.
These are a Squires Bingham pattern made in the Philippines and imported through San Francisco back in the early 60's and sold through Kmart.
This one is known as a Model 20D. I have since located a plain Model 20 and the differences are the stock, a front ramp sight very similar to a Remington and no muzzle brake.
This one has some 'local wood' for the stock, very unusual with a twisting grain and white and orange/brown streaks. I used walnut stain to tame it down. It was not properly cured (as if that is possible in the Philippines) and has two 'check' cracks in the butt.
Mechanically it was a nightmare up to and including someone inserted two small tacks in the magazine. I had to 'tune' the mouth of the mag, free up all the internals and do extractor work because it would try to feed a new shell and the old empty at the same time. Many stove pipes and double feeds and even a few 'short strokes'. Now it runs like a sewing machine.
